Which to use
“Gehör” is a noun and “gehst” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,201
- “Gehör” frequency rank
- #3,585
- “gehst” frequency rank
- 12786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gehör | gehst |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | allgemein Beachtung, Zuhören, „Gehör verschaffen“ | 2. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs gehen |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Gehör and gehst apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gehör is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯] while gehst is [ɡeːst]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gehör is recorded at frequency rank #9,201, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯]. gehst is at rank #3,585, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡeːst].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 12786, this pair ranks #1,962,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Gehör vs gehst
Shared letters: egh. Private to "Gehör": rö. Private to "gehst": st.
"Gehör" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "gehst" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gehst ← eghst · gehhst · gehsst · gehstt · gesht · ggehst · ghest